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I Saw It Advertised One Day #33

We continue a MONTH of I Saw It Advertised One Day! Each day this January you’ll get a piece looking at advertisements in comic books over the decades that amused me for whatever reason. In each installment, we’ll take a look at three ads!

That’s all for this installment! If you can think of some goofy comic book ads you’d like to see me feature in the future (as after this month, I’ll still occasionally do installments of this feature), drop me a line at bcronin@comicbookresources.com. Do not make suggestions in the comment section, so that they can still be a surprise for future readers! In fact, I think I’ll just delete comments that contain future suggestions. I

17 Comments

Mr. M

I had never seen that Cube Lube ad before, that’s a good one. I know the person who came up with that product must be very proud of his/herself. I still haven’t solved the cube, maybe this would’ve help me shave a decade or so off my time…

Ritchard

ookerdookers

I would imagine the Hulk cologne would smell like beans and rage, and that the Iron Man cologne would smell like blended Canadian whiskey. Brian, thanks for including that one. I thought I was way too late in submitting it just a few days ago!

Bill Reed

Ed

Although its not in the ad, I do have the Captain America cologne. I picked it up in, of all places, the international airport in Belize, duty free of course. Also strange, it was the only Marvel cologne they had, which makes me think either a.) they hate the USA so much it is their worst selling Marvel based cologne, or b.)they love the USA so much, that is the only Marvel based cologne they carry.

AverageJoeEveryman

I love the line in the grenade one, “Really scatters the gang when you throw this baby in their midst!” They should have expanded on that with, “Need a really quick way to clear out a movie theatre? You’re Welcome!”

Looking In

Ed (A Different One)

There are such things as “speed cubers”? Not making fun, just really surprised such a thing existed. I remember there being competitions in solving Rubik’s cubes back in the day (I remember even seeing one televised), but your comment gave me the impression that this is a sport that still exists.

Ah, what the heck. Those “speed stackers” who competitively stacked the equivalent of dixie cups were all the rage just a few years ago.

Fabian NonNicieza

I have some Marvel Captain America cologne. It is awesome. It only lasts about an hour and it’s subtle since it’s made for kids but it smells great. I bought it as a gag. I wear it for work and just about everyone comments on it thinking it’s some expensive brand. It’s only $3.

When I was a kid, I had a little book on how to solve Rubik’s Cube – it was pretty good, too – I never timed myself or anything, but I got to be pretty fast (the final 1/3 of the cube was always the trickiest and slowest for me.)

Anyway, for some reason, I owned two cubes – both definitely “official” Rubik cubes. As I learned when taking them apart, one was already “pre-lubed,” while the other was not.